The Gospel According to Harry Potter: The Spiritual Journey of the World's Greatest Seeker (Gospel According to) [Paperback]

Connie Neal (Author)

Book Description

Release date: April 16, 2008

Now Exploring Books 1 - 7! Is Harry Potter a Christ figure? Was book 7 a metaphor for the resurrection? Just how much did religion help shape J. K Rowling and the moral worldview of the most popular books of all time? Connie Neal has these answers and more! With the Harry Potter series now complete, fans of Harry Potter will be eager to read this revised and updated edition of The Gospel according to Harry Potter. This new edition includes discussion of all seven of the books in the Harry Potter series, including book seven, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Neal, an author and youth minister, finds many glimmers of the gospel in the stories of Harry Potter, Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and the other characters who inhabit the magical world of Hogwarts.

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About the Author

Connie Neal is a popular Christian author of such books as Wizards, Wardrobes, and Wookies: Navigating Good and Evil in Harry Potter, Narnia, and Star Wars; What s a Christian to Do with Harry Potter? and MySpace for Moms and Dads: A Guide to Understanding the Risks and the Rewards. She is a Harry Potter expert and has been a keynote speaker as several international Harry Potter conferences.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wjk; Revised and Expanded edition (April 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664231233
• ISBN-13: 978-0664231231
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Connie Neal is a trusted best-selling author who writes on family, marriage, parenting, communication, and pop culture. She has authored dozens of books which have been featured in Time, Newsweek, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today, Decision, Entertainment Weekly, Marriage Partnership, PBS, and media worldwide. She has a BA in Communication from Pepperdine University; MS in Education, Instructional Design for Online Learning from Capella University. She has edited & contributed to five major Bible projects and toured America as a speaker for Women of Faith. She is the premier Christian authority on Harry Potter. Her Instructional Design work helps others communicate more effectively using new media. Now she is transitioning content online (through Kindle Direct Publishing) and to online learning in keeping with research-based multimedia principles to enhance understanding.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Connie Neal: long-time Potter defender at her best. July 11, 2009

By Edward Murphy

Format:Paperback

I have read Connie Neal's other book's dating from 2002 and always found her points interesting. In the past, she was more "let's all get along" between Harry Potter fans and foes. Now, her latest work is nicely updated and makes stronger Christian comparisons than before since Rowling's series is complete.

Along these lines, I also highly recommend the very compelling "Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?" by author, Nancy Solon Villaluz also available here at Amazon.com. (Click above on "see all my reviews" to read my review of it.) Certainly, Ms. Neal and Ms. Villaluz's works nicely complement each other in this emerging area of Potter discovery.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Awsome! June 13, 2009

By Ryan Welshans

Format:Paperback

I used this book in a Bible study we did for my youth group and I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in seeing just how theological the Harry Potter books are. Your mind will be blow with the verse by verse comparisons and ideas that this cultural phenomenon has with one of the oldest scriptures in the world.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Why Christian kids can read Harry Potter September 18, 2011

By beth a. o'malley

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

For youth who've grown up with the Harry Potter books and for adults who've read them and thought that a lot in the series "could preach", this book gives us more to connect Harry and the rest of the characters with our biblical faith.
The Gospel According to Harry Potter begins with a thoughtful explanation of why Christians (and hopefully people of other spiritual traditions) can read Harry Potter and remain faithful people - there is no celebration of or encouragement to practice witchcraft advocated by the author. Instead we find great connections with scripture, Christian tradition and ethics. This book is a wonderful way to get young people to think about how they make decisions, especially the most important ones, in their lives.